Browsing La Follette Working Papers by Author "Reschovsky, Andrew"
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An Analysis of the Proposal to Reduce Revenue Limits for Wisconsin School Districts
Reschovsky, Andrew (2011)If the Wisconsin governor's budget includes a mandated reduction of $500 per pupil in the sum of general aid received from the state and local property tax revenue, school districts would see an aggregate 7 percent reduction ... -
Are Property Taxes Forcing the Elderly Out of their Homes?
Reschovsky, Andrew; Boldt, Rebecca; Caruth, Bradley (2010-08)This preliminary study finds that few of Wisconsin's elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases. Given that Wisconsin's property taxes are high compared to those in other states, ... -
Assessing the Use of Econometric Analysis in Estimating the Costs of Meeting State Education Accountability Standards: Lessons from Texas
Imazeki, Jennifer; Reschovsky, Andrew (2005)This assessment examines two methodologies to determine whether school districts have sufficient funds to meet accountability standards in Texas. One of the methodologies found the funds to be insufficient, while the ... -
A Critical Review of Property Tax Relief in Wisconsin: The School Levy Credit and the First Dollar Credit
Reschovsky, Andrew (2010-01)Wisconsin's school levy credit and first dollar credit are an expensive and highly inefficient means of providing property tax relief to Wisconsin taxpayers, this analysis suggests. In fact, they provide relatively little ... -
Do Rising Property Taxes Lead the Elderly to Move from their Homes?
Reschovsky, Andrew; Caruth, Bradley; Boldt, Rebecca (2009-12)This preliminary study finds that few of Wisconsin's elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases. Given that Wisconsin's property taxes are high compared to those in other states, ... -
Does No Child Left Behind Place a Fiscal Burden on States? Evidence from Texas
Imazeki, Jennifer; Reschovsky, Andrew (2005)The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires states to establish goals for all students and for groups of students characterized by race, ethnicity, poverty, disability and limited English proficiency. The ... -
Enhancing the Feasibility of School Finance Reform
Reschovsky, Andrew; Langley, Adam (2009)This paper describes a simulation model designed to analyze school funding reform proposals in Wisconsin. It includes a parallel current law model and the capacity to show any proposal's aggregate budgetary and distributional ... -
Fiscal Conditions in Selected Metropolitan Areas
Chernick, Howard; Reschovsky, Andrew (2006)This paper presents the initial steps to better understand the current fiscal condition of local governments within metropolitan areas and to establish the extent to which fiscal disparities exist within a sample ... -
The Growth of Homeowner Property Taxes: Evidence from Wisconsin
Boldt, Rebecca; Caruth, Bradley; Reschovsky, Andrew (2009)The authors examine how Wisconsin homeowners' property tax liabilities and burdens change over time. They find that the amount paid and the economic hardship created vary widely among homeowners. Relative to income, some ... -
How Large Is Wisconsin's Budget Gap for the 2011-13 Biennium?
Reschovsky, Andrew (2010-09)With adjustments to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's July 2010 determination of Wisconsin's fiscal condition at the beginning of the upcoming biennium, the author estimates as much as a $3 billion structural fiscal deficit ... -
The Impact of State Government Fiscal Crises on Local Governments and Schools
Reschovsky, Andrew (2004)This paper discusses budgetary problems facing state governments, and explores the relationship between state government fiscal conditions and potential impacts on municipal governments and school districts. It ... -
The Impact of the Great Recession and the Housing Crisis on the Financing of America's Largest Cities
Reschovsky, Andrew; Chernick, Howard; Langley, Adam (2011-04) -
The Legacy of Rodriguez: Three Decades of School Finance Reform in Texas
Reschovsky, Andrew; Imazeki, Jennifer (2006)This paper explores the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Rodriquez ruling that said Texas's heavy reliance on the local property tax to fund public education did not violate the equal protection clause ... -
Lost in the Balance: How State Policies Affect the Fiscal Health of Cities
Chernick, Howard; Reschovsky, Andrew (2001)Fiscal problems in central cities, disparities with suburbs and how state governments cope are addressed in this examination of intergovernmental aid in California, New York and Wisconsin. The authors offer recommendations ... -
Property Tax Responses to State Aid Cuts in the Recent Fiscal Crisis
Dye, Richard F.; Reschovsky, Andrew (2007)The paper examines whether states increased property taxes between 2002 and 2004 in order to maintain the level of public services in light of large cuts in state intergovernmental grants resulting from state fiscal crises. -
Revenue Diversification and the Financing of Large American Central Cities
Chernick, Howard; Langley, Adam; Reschovsky, Andrew (2010-11)The authors develop the concept of constructed governments to compare the revenue-raising policies of large central cities and related overlying governments. They explore whether revenue diversification supports higher ... -
State and Federal Aid to Wisconsin School Districts in Fiscal Year 2010
Reschovsky, Andrew (2009)For many Wisconsin districts, the decline in state aid will be larger than the additional federal funding many will receive as part of the stimulus package. -
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR): A Solution to Wisconsin's Fiscal Problems or a Prescription for Future Fiscal Crises?
Reschovsky, Andrew (2004)Facts do not support arguments in favor of an amendment to Wisconsin's constitution to limit government spending and taxing authority. The amendment's proposal to tie growth in per-capita or per-public spending to ... -
The Taxpayer Protection Amendment: A Preliminary Analysis
Reschovsky, Andrew (2006)This analysis demonstrates that a proposed amendment to Wisconsin's constitution to limit the annual growth of government revenue would reduce public services and harm economic development. If it had been enacted in ...